If there was any doubt – and there shouldn't have been – Nippert Stadium will be absolutely rocking on Sunday for the FC Cincinnati-Portland Timbers match.

FC Cincinnati announced Saturday afternoon that ticket sales had reached the stadium's capacity for soccer matches of 32,250, making the game an official sellout.

At that attendance number, the match becomes FC Cincinnati's fourth-best attended contest with only a friendly against an English Premier League team (Crystal Palace FC) and two high-profile U.S. Open Cup matches performing better at the Nippert turnstiles.

With 32,250, FC Cincinnati also broke its own single-match attendance record for a league match.

The previous best attendance for a league match was FC Cincinnati's 2018 regular-season home finale against Indy Eleven where it celebrated its USL regular season championship. That match garnered an attendance of 31,478.

Nippert Stadium is having the field lines painting for the first home MLS FC Cincinnati match on Saturday March 17. James Hlavaty and Chris Fiore of Pioneer Turf Services set up guides and spray down the lines on the field. The field also recieved a few new banners.(Photo: Phil Didion/The Enquirer)

Sunday's match is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. Gates to Nippert Stadium open about 90 minutes prior to kickoff and the club is strongly encouraging fans to arrive early due to new MLS security procedures that will be in place.